CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[Scovy Momma]

Oh,I know it's not funny but I can't help giggling just picturing showing up to a house with chicks running everywhere like mice & a chicken sunning herself under their heat lamp like she's on Jersey Shore.
It's a good thing she didn't start a fire,I wouldn't want to explain to the firemen how it all started because my chicken wanted to tan...
I'm glad everyone's ok!

 

[wolftracks]

I took one of my grand daughters out today to shop for a pattern and material. She wants me to make her prom dress. I made sure the inside chicks and Rockette had food and I started out the flront door and heard Rockette moving in her little box. I had intended to put half of my older chicks into a tub I brought in, but I needed to ship off eggs and was up till 6 am and didn't wake up and get up till 2pm. By the time I had a shower and got ready I had to run, but I thought.....hmmmmm. I bet she's going to head for that brooder again. So Rockette was moved to the tub and has a lid on top. She's glared at me when I got home, like I had put her in prison, but the house wasn't in flames when I got home. The bottom of the toaster box dropped out when I tried to put her into the tub and keep her in the box, but she doesn't seem to be spread out like she had been. No sun bathing for Rockette today. I really can't believe how hot she felt when I picked her up the other time. She was way past toasty. Thank goodness for tile flooring. The floor was pretty hot and chicks were warming in the cooler spots. At least the ones who weren't trying to find a way back in.

Horrible hatch with 6 out of 104, but it sure beats zero, so I'm happy. Only one of my purple eggs hatched, but it's a pretty little lav chick. The others that hatched are from the eggs I'm trying to get more purle eggs from. No breeds I was hoping for. I sure hope the next 4 hhatches haven't been ruined. Hopefully not, since I did get at least these 6.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Yea!!! I got three out of... shoot I can't remember how many, 60 something I think. But that was because the eggs weren't fertile. We have orps going into lockdown tomorrow and most of those were fertile and showed lively little embryos at 11 days. So hopefully more babies this weekend, Monday at the latest.

 

[Lotsapaints]

Okay Kim if you don't get any blues I'll have some starting this coming Monday and if those turkeys don't do something I'm going to go back over to get feed in another week or 2 so I can bring some. How are the ones growing out that you got in January? Mine are getting big.

 

[wolftracks]

Denny I sent you a pm.

I sure hope the next hatch is better. It's a small one and I have 5 out of 7 eggs left in there from my neighbor, the Chicken Whisperer. We had chickens running around the neighborhood for a long time. There was a black roo and some hens, all Games. He managed to find some of their eggs. New neighbors moved in and no one had seen the chickens for about a week and turned out they backed over the roo with a moving truck and then caught the hens and took them to AC???? These birds didn't just hang out in one yard and no one was upset anbout them. We all like watching the broodies and chicks and they traveled like a little family. I guess a few people went over and chewed the guy out. Welcome to the neighborhood. He said he thought the last people had left them, but that house was empty for over a year. Anyway, I have the last of the eggs, so I sure hope they hatch for this guy. He's helped me save a few of my birds, so I'd like to pay him back with these chicks.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Awww Kim that is awesome! I sure hope you get a good hatch for him!

 

[wolftracks]

Woke up to 2 chicks out and a pipped egg. I have 12 due today. I don't think my neighbor's eggs are doing anything, but sure hope they hatch. So sad. I set 120 eggs for Easter and only got 6 chicks. Today I have 12 eggs and 2 out and 1 pip. Why do my smaller hatches seem to do better?? Oh and I have 40 eggs to set that have been sitting here for 5 days. I ran out of room, but I can't set them at the moment since there's a hatch going on.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Woke up to 2 chicks out and a pipped egg. I have 12 due today. I don't think my neighbor's eggs are doing anything, but sure hope they hatch. So sad. I set 120 eggs for Easter and only got 6 chicks. Today I have 12 eggs and 2 out and 1 pip. Why do my smaller hatches seem to do better?? Oh and I have 40 eggs to set that have been sitting here for 5 days. I ran out of room, but I can't set them at the moment since there's a hatch going on.

Are they only 5 days old or were they shipped? Keep them in a cool, humid room and keep turning them. I keep eggs for up to 10 days before hatching.

 

[ronott1]

Woke up to 2 chicks out and a pipped egg. I have 12 due today. I don't think my neighbor's eggs are doing anything, but sure hope they hatch. So sad. I set 120 eggs for Easter and only got 6 chicks. Today I have 12 eggs and 2 out and 1 pip. Why do my smaller hatches seem to do better?? Oh and I have 40 eggs to set that have been sitting here for 5 days. I ran out of room, but I can't set them at the moment since there's a hatch going on.

There was a brief discussion about egg age on the easter hatchalong thread a couple of days ago. The conclusion was what SunnyDawn said--10 days. After that the chicks had trouble with the yolk and etc. or did not develop.

I hope this hatch goes well for you Kim. I can't compare--my hatches have all been under 20 so far

Ron

 

[wolftracks]

Their in a cooler and I've been collecting them. I've had eggs hatch from the fridge, 3 week old eggs hatch that I forgot about once and the eggs from this hatch I have no idea how long my neighbor had the eggs, but the other I collected that day and just set them along.

I had a lot of shipped eggs for the Easter hatch. I did 2 swaps and they did get chicks from some of my eggs. I got nada. I had some eggs shipped to me, some I bought, some I didn't and not a single egg hatched. I needed some of those darn it, like my Black Tail Buff Japs. Poor little Lowrider is lonely. No Silkies, no Marans of any kind, just nothing and only 6 of my own eggs.

My humidity is at 61 right now in the Sportsman and the little pipper isn't out yet. I'd try to bring it up a couple of % but I hate to open the cabinet. Sure hope at least a couple of those Games hatch. It would be nice to at least hatch out a pair.